Edinah

Challenge Stereotypes of Women With Me

What I'm Leading

Too often, media portrayals of women reinforce disempowering stereotypes. They send the message that the most important aspect of a women is her physical appearance, or that she must be passive and helpless. Women are not often portrayed as ambitious, intellectual, independent or accomplished. I am determined to change this.

By sharing women’s stories of excellence and accomplishment, my organization, the Women’s Empowerment Foundation of Southern Africa (WEFSA), is dislodging myths and challenging stereotypes by producing media that portrays the full potential of women. We also provide resources, guidance and events to help women build their skills, confidence andconnections.

We are determined to provide very woman with equal access to the opportunities she wishes to pursue, and not allow her future to be limited by harmful false stereotypes.

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My name is Edinah Masanga and I am a journalist from a small village in Zimbabwe. I foundeda women’s information basedorganization which aims to; amplify women's voices; open communication channels for marginalized women to…

Being a journalist in Zimbabwe is a double edged sword. The profession is on the brink of collapse, there are no jobs enough to absorb thousands of journalism graduates every year and for those who get the jobs, surviving as…

Advanced digital change makingonline workshops have been eye-opening, enriching and all in all empowering. The training has challenged me to think outside of my own box. I found that more often than not we create comfort…

The newsroom at *Masons publications was opulently furnished. There were expensive pine desks, lightly colored blinds that glided in opposite directions every morning, and a rich wine-red carpet which completed the feel of…

Feminists live with stereotypes every day; ''they are not lovable, they are rude, they don't need love, they are hot-headed, they are, well, everything wrong''. It's mostly men who are afraid of strong women who say these…

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